Itchin Stoke or Itchen Stoke, Hampshire
Historical Description
Itchin Stoke or Itchen Stoke, a parish, with a village, in Hants, on the river Itchin, 2 miles WNW of Alresford, and 1½ mile from Itchen Abbas station on the L. & S.W.R. Post town, Alresford. Acreage, 2717; population of the civil parish, 279; of the ecclesiastical, 303. The manor belongs to Lord Ashburton. The living is a vicarage, with Abbotstone rectory annexed, in the diocese of Winchester; value, s£180 with residence. Patron, Lord Ashburton. The church was rebuilt in 1866, and has a very ornamental interior, there being thirty-two stained glass windows.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Hampshire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Itchin-Stoke St. Mary | |
Hundred | Bountisborough | |
Poor Law union | Alresford |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Itchin Stoke or Itchen Stoke from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Itchin-Stoke (St. Mary))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Hampshire (County Southampton) is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Itchin Stoke or Itchen Stoke are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Hampshire newspapers online:
- Portsmouth Evening News
- Hampshire Telegraph
- Hampshire Advertiser
- Hampshire Chronicle
- Aldershot Military Gazette
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitations of Hampshire, 1530, 1575, & 1622-34 is available to view on the Heraldry page.